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GAR HEATER.

No. 388,180. Patented Aug. 21i 1888.

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INTTED STATES PATENT OEEieE.t

GEORGE WASHINGTON CARTER AND VILLIAM THOMAS PIOKETT, OF OANYONVILLE,OREGON.

CAR-HEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,180, dated August21, 1888.

Application filed July 13, 1887.

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Beit known that we, GEORGE WASHINGTON CARTER and WILLtAM THoirAsPTCKETT, of Canyonville, in the county of Douglas and State of Oregon,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oar-Heaters, ofwhich thefollowing is a specification.

Our invention relates to selfextinguishing stoves for railroad-cars,wherein a water base or reservoir is connected by pipes which conductthe water from the base to the interior of the stove, and wherein aguard or easing outside the stove prevents the contact of the heatedsurfaces of the stove with combustible material.

The improvements consist in certain constructions and combinations ofparts, hereinafter particularly described, and designated by the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a central sectional elevationthrough the stove; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section in the line m x ofFig. l. Fig. 8 is a detail section, and Fig. 4 is a face View, of thedoor and spring-lock.

The shell of the stove is composed of a cylindrical or slightly-conicalbase and waterreservoir, A, au inverted conical base-section, B, acylindrical middle section, B', and a conical crownsection, B2, and thesaid base-section, middle section, and crown-section are provided withiianged edges b b and united to each other and to the basesreservoir Aby tiebolts C, which pass through the cover of the reservoir and throughthe iianges b of said scctions, having nuts c' and lock-nuts O2 upon theends of said bolts to draw the said sections and base'reservoir closelytogether.

A detlectiou-ring of sheet metal, D, is secured between the flanges b ofsections B' B2 of the stove-shell, and asimilar ring, D', is securedbetween the iian ges b' of the sections B B'. Tubes E pass through thetop plate, a, of the basereservoir A and through the deiiection-ring D',and are coupled by joints e, with eXtensions E', which project upwardlytherefrom around the middle section, B', of the stove and terminatebeneath the deiiection ring D. Tubes F pass through the top plate, a, ofthe Serial No. 241,209. (No model.)

base, alongside of or between the pipes E, and terminate beneath thedefiection-ring D'.

The pipes E conduct water from the reservoir A to the top ofthefire-chamber Bl of the stove, and the pipes F conduct water from saidreservoir to the middle portion of the said fire-chamber B3, and thewater will thus be conducted by said pipes and deflected by the plates DD to the middle as well as at the top of the mass of burning coals. Thepipe-joints c will permit the pipe sections E E' to be easily connectedwith and removed from the stove for repairs and for convenience ofconstruction.

An inner easing, G, is secured to the base and to the upper end of thebase-section B, inside of the pipes E F, to protect the said pipes andthe outer shell, B, of the stove from direct contact with the burningcoals. Draftopenings b2, covered by a sliding plate, b3, are formed inthe base-section B, and slits g in the inner casing, G, admit the air tothe combustion-chamber and to the mass of burning coals upon all sides.The pipes E F will thus be protected against clinkers and theintenseheat of the coals, the outer shell will be kept comparatively cool andwill not be heated to a suliicient degree to set lire to or burn anyobject which may fall upon it in case of wreck or accident, and thedraft and air supply to the combustiouchamber will be evenly dis`tributed around the burning coals.

A grate-bar section, H, at the upper end of the stove is riveted to thecrown-scetion .B2 beneath the chimney B4 to receive the coals andprevent them from falling through the chimney and being emptied upon theear when the stove is overturned. A door, I, hinged to the middlesection, B', of the stove and secured thereto by a latch and by a safetydevice hereinafter described, will provide means of access to theinterior of the stove, and an. inlet-tube, A', and cap A2 provide meansfor tilling the water-reservoir.

An outer guard-casing, K, composed of a base-ring, K', which tits andencircles the bottom of the reservoir A, and similar rings, K* K3, and acrown-ring, K", located one above the other,are riveted to bars K6,placed in an upright position around the stove, bent at the crown-ringK, and extended radially over the crown-section B2 of the stove to meetand be riveted to the stove-pipe ring K5 of the guardcasing.

Theguard-easing will protect falling timbers or personsy falling againstit in the time of Wreck or accident from Contact with the heated surfaceof the stove.

The stoveshell and water-reservoir may be made of wrought-metal platesriveted together, and will withstand great pressure or strain withoutbeing torn apart or broken.

The guard-easing K has a door, K', located opposite thestove-door,provided with a sp ringactuated latch or lool, K8, tosecurely hold the doorvof the guardcasing, and said door K7 is formedwith projecting rods K, which press against the stove-door and hold itsecurely closed.

We claim as our invention and desire to seeure by Letters Patent- 1. Thecombination, with the enlarged basereservoir A, of the baseseetion B,middle section, B', and'erown-seetion B, eachv provided with iianges andtie-rods or bolts C, located outside of and around the stove, passingthrough the base and through said flanges, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the Water-reservoir base A, of thestove-sections B B B2, rings D D', secured between the sections B B',and

Ipipes E, communicating with the reservoir,

